FRENCH – CLIMBER
Date and place of birth : April 16th, 1988 in Rodez (Aveyron / France)
Height : 1m84 / Weight : 68 kg
Turned pro in 2010
In the AG2R LA MONDIALE Team since 2017
Q&A
- Your motto: “God helps those that help themselves”
- Your favorite race: The rando of the Pierre Latour’s fans 😉
- Your best memory on bike: my win on the Tre Valli Varesine
- Your worst memory on bike: the Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- The club where you started cycling: Vélo 2000 Onet
- Your hobbies: travels, music
- Music you like: Gaetan Roussel
- If you were a movie: Into the wild
- If you were a dish: Quinoa and salmon
- If you were a celebrity: Jacques Villeneuve
- If you had to practise another job, which one? airline pilot
- What is dear to you: My daughter
- Your qualities: persistent and perfectionist
- Your defaults: impatient and bad loser
HIGHLIGHTS
2019 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Stage winner, Tour de l’Ain
- 8th on a stage, Tour du Haut Var
- 8th Classic Loire-Atlantique
2018 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Stage winner, Vuelta a España
- Winner G.P. La Marseillaise
- Overall winner, Tour Cycliste International La Provence / Stage winner (ITT)
- 4th and 7th on stages, Giro d’Italia / 11th overall
- 4th on a stage, Tour du Limousin / 6th overall
- 9th on a stage, Tour of the Alps
2017 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)
- Stage winner, Tour Cycliste International La Provence / 3rd overall
- Stage winner, Tour de l’Ain / 2nd on a stage / 3rd overall
- Winner Tre Valli Varesine
- 5th on a stage, Vuelta a España
2016 (FDJ)
- Stage winner, Vuelta a España
- Stage winner, Tour de l’Ain / 6th overall
- TTT winner, La Méditerranéenne / 3rd on a stage / 7th overall
- 9th overall, Critérium International
2015 (FDJ)
- Overall and stage winner, Tour de l’Ain
- Winner Tro Bro Leon
- 4th Tour du Finistère
- 9th overall, Giro d’Italia
2014 (FDJ.FR)
- 4th overall, Volta ao Algarve / 5th on a stage
- 13th overall, Giro d’Italia
2013 (FDJ)
- Stage winner, Vuelta a España
- 4th on a stage, Tour de France
- 4th on a stage, Tour Méditerranéen / 9th overall
- 7th French National ITT Championships
- 12th overall, Critérium du Dauphiné
2012 (TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO)
- 8th overall, Circuit Sarthe – Pays de la Loire
- 9th overall, Tour of Poland
2011 (SKIL-SHIMANO)
- Stage winner, Österreich Rundfahrt – Tour of Austria
- 2nd overall, Tour du Luxembourg
- 3rd on a stage, Vuelta a España
- 4th overall, Critérium International
- 5th overall, Vuelta Ciclista de Murcia
- 5th overall, Circuit Sarthe – Pays de la Loire
2010 (SKIL-SHIMANO)
- 2nd overall, Route du Sud – La Dépêche du midi / 2nd on a stage
- 3rd on a stage, Tour du Luxembourg / 7th overall
- 6th overall, Boucles du Sud Ardèche
2009 (LA POMME MARSEILLE)
- Overall winner, Ronde de l’Isard
- Stage winner, Giro della Valle d’Aosta